Rugby Daily | Munster need to face the music, could Cardiff spoil URC playoff party for Irish sides?
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Off the Ball's Rugby Daily. With Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Rugby. Never stop competing. You're very welcome along to Thursday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up for you today, Sam Monaghan's new perspective on playing for Ireland after years of struggling with injuries. Why Munster needs some honest self-reflection amid an independent review. And could Cardiff be the great disruptor for the Irish provinces in their URC playoff push this weekend? First up today, the IRFU have confirmed that 30,000 tickets have been sold for Ireland's Women's Six Nations final round clash with Scotland at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday. Head coach Scott Beaman will name his team tomorrow morning as Ireland look to finish this year's edition with three home wins, having not done so since 2020.
They're also looking to avenge last year's final round defeat in the reverse fixture when Scotland scored a last-minute try to win 26-19 in Edinburgh. Dara Smith-Nocton caught up with second-row Sam Monaghan at the Aviva Stadium earlier this week. She co-captained Ireland at last autumn's World Cup alongside Idel McMahon, having spent much of the previous season sidelined with an ACL injury. And she told Dara that being out for so long gives her a new form of appreciation for her rugby career, especially ahead of an historic occasion at Lansdowne Road.
When you're forced to take a step back from it all, you you do enjoy it in the time but i think you enjoy it in a different way but then when you're forced to go through the rehab problems just just like aaron and all the other girls have done as well it kind of just makes you realize how special and amazing it is and how much you want to be involved in this team and how amazing the girls are to play with, how hard we work for each other, how much we support each other on and off the pitch and how much it does for young girls and boys around the country as well. I know I was growing up, I was from a Gaelic football background but I looked up to so many Gaelic football players and it was It's what you look forward to at the weekend.
You're like, oh, we're going to the mean game. I'll watch the women play or the men play. It's just like it creates a buzz around the weekend and then you're inspired and you want to go out and you end up kicking the football around the green for the next three or four hours. Like Mam said, we were just always outside the front, playing any ball we could get our hands on. That was because of the role models we had growing up and So if we can keep doing that, and you can see, like, I was speaking to Jackie Shields and Navin, and I don't know how many buses they have coming up of kids, but I think there's 190 of them coming to the game on Sunday, which is, like, that's amazing. And, like, the crack they're going to have, probably memories to last a lifetime, like, for them families, and a buzz created just to be here and watch the women's team perform and...
I'm sure so many of them young girls and boys aspire to play for Ireland when they grow up so it'll probably be a day they'll remember for a long time.
We'll bring you that team to face Scotland on tomorrow's Rugby Daily.
What new perspective does Sam Monaghan have on playing for Ireland?
Now Ulster have suffered a major injury blow a week out from their Challenge Cup final against Montpellier. Stuart McCloskey and Jacob Stockdale have been ruled out of next Friday's decider in Bilbao. The province confirmed that winger Stockdale had successful surgery last week to repair a facial fracture, while McCloskey has a hamstring issue that is expected to sideline him for a number of weeks. Dave McCann is also a doubt. He's unavailable for this weekend's game against Glasgow Warriors in Belfast with a knee injury.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:27
2
What new perspective does Sam Monaghan have on playing for Ireland?
3:27–4:02
3
Why does Munster need honest self-reflection after the independent review?
4:02–4:18
4
How could Cardiff disrupt the URC playoff hopes for Irish provinces?
4:18–4:48
5
What are the latest updates on Ireland's Women's Six Nations team?
4:48–11:09
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